Palestinian Hamas published, Monday, October 30, a video of three women presented as hostages which it has held in the Gaza Strip since the terrorist attack of October 7. On this 76-second video, broadcast by Hamas media with the title “a number of Zionist detainees send a message to [Benyamin] Netanyahu and his government, three women appear facing the camera, sitting on plastic chairs. One of the three calls on the Israeli Prime Minister to conclude an exchange of prisoners with the Palestinian movement to obtain their release. Follow our live stream.
Rocket warning sirens sounded in Jerusalem. Five detonations were heard following the sirens. These warning sirens, rather unusual since Jerusalem is located quite a distance from the Gaza Strip, come on the 24th day of the war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas. According to the latest reports, 8,306 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip, according to Hamas. THEIsraeli authorities say for their part that the conflict has left 1,400 dead in Israel, most of them civilians.
The Israeli army reports “dozens” of fighters killed overnight in Gaza. The IDF claimed to have killed “dozens of terrorists who had barricaded themselves in buildings and tunnels” in this Palestinian territory. A plane guided by troops on the ground targeted a building “with more than 20 Hamas terrorists inside”she added, ensuring that she had hit “more than 600 targets” in 24 hours.
A new aid convoy in Gaza. Thirty-three humanitarian aid trucks forming the largest convoy since the start of the war entered Gaza on Sunday via the Rafah crossing point on the border with Egypt, the UN announced. “While this increase is welcome, a much greater volume of aid is needed on a regular basis in order to avoid a further deterioration of the dire humanitarian situation, including civil unrest.”underlined the United Nations in its daily report on the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
An invaded airport in Russia. In the predominantly Muslim Russian republic of Dagestan, an airport was closed after being stormed by a crowd searching for passengers on a flight from Israel. These incidents were denounced by the Dagestan authorities, while the United States condemned “anti-Semitic demonstrations”. According to Moscow, 60 “active participants” were arrested and nine police officers injured during these clashes.